CN101106646B - Display device equipped with a touch panel - Google Patents

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CN101106646B
CN101106646B CN2007101464696A CN200710146469A CN101106646B CN 101106646 B CN101106646 B CN 101106646B CN 2007101464696 A CN2007101464696 A CN 2007101464696A CN 200710146469 A CN200710146469 A CN 200710146469A CN 101106646 B CN101106646 B CN 101106646B
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小寺正道
高岛宏一郎
佐藤英树
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Abstract

A display device equipped with a touch panel may include a device chassis provided with an opening section, a display panel having a display surface disposed accessible through the opening section, a touch panel disposed on the display surface of the display panel and capable at least of selecting a function displayed on the display surface in response to a pressing operation on the touch panel, and a surface sheet for covering the touch panel on the opposite side to the display panel, and closing the opening section to form a substantially the same surface with the device chassis, wherein a reinforcing area for improving resistivity against pressing force applied from the outside may be provided in a predetermined range of the surface sheet.

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The display unit of touch panel is housed
The cross reference of related application
The application comprises the subject content of on May 24th, 2006 to the Japanese patent application JP2006-144331 of Japan Patent office submission, and the whole contents of this application is referred to herein as a reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of display unit that touch panel is housed, by on the display surface of the come-at-able display floater of opening portion of crust of the device touch panel being set, this display unit allows to utilize the display surface of display floater to carry out input operation.
Background technology
Quote this kind of the prior art described in the JP-A-10-73805 (after this being called " patent documentation 1 ") and the display unit of touch panel is housed as example.The liquid crystal indicator that the liquid crystal panel that combines with touch panel is housed has been described in the patent documentation 1.The characteristics of the liquid crystal indicator described in the patent documentation 1 are for " in having the liquid crystal indicator of display panels; the transparent touch panel that is stacked in the display surface side of display panels places the framework with display window; make this framework only support touch panel, and the inner surface of the back side that makes display panels and framework predetermined length apart.”
According to the liquid crystal indicator described in the patent documentation 1 with this kind structure, can expect to have the advantage of ", therefore can prevent " because the demonstration fluctuation that pressure causes appears at display panels (seeing [0010] section) at the on-fixed state; can prevent that pressure from acting on the display panels.
At the touch panel that offers liquid crystal indicator described in the patent documentation 1, be said resistive film touch panel, have the film substrate 2a that a pair of surface toward each other is provided with transparency electrode, 2b, and sept 2c is between a pair of film substrate 2a, between the 2b.The resistive film touch panel is provided so that the transparency electrode of the film substrate 2b that the transparency electrode contact response film substrate 2a of film substrate 2a is pressed, so the position of area pressed is detected to carry out input operation.Fig. 7 illustrates the example of the display unit that this kind resistive film touch panel is housed of related art.
Display unit 100 shown in Figure 7 comprises the apparatus housing 101 with opening portion 101a, place the display floater 102 of having in the apparatus housing 101 through the come-at-able display surface of opening portion 101a, be arranged on the interior touch panel 103 of display surface of display floater, containment member 104 between touch panel 103 and apparatus housing 101, or the like.Further, touch panel 103 is a resistive film, it comprises upper substrate 103a and infrabasal plate 103b, the two substrates surfaces opposite to each other are provided with nesa coating (corresponding to the transparency electrode according to the touch panel of patent documentation 1), be arranged on the bar-shaped pad member 103c between the periphery of upper substrate 103a and infrabasal plate 103b, or the like.
In this touch panel 103, on the peripheral region of pad member 103c X, carry out pressing operation, will brute force be applied on the upper substrate 103a of angle as fulcrum with pad member 103c.Like this, because the nesa coating that is arranged on the upper substrate 103a is frangible in essence, if short to the distance at the angle of pad member 103c from the point of carrying out pressing operation, nesa coating may break.Therefore, in the display unit 100 of correlation technique, the edges cover zone X by with the opening portion 101a of apparatus housing 101 can prevent to carry out pressing operation on regional X.
Yet, in having the display unit of this structure, the regional X that may break because carry out pressing operation thereon is by the edges cover of the opening portion 101a of apparatus housing 101, forms ladder between the surface of the surface of apparatus main body 101 and touch panel 103.Therefore, the external particle that display unit is accumulated in the step portion between apparatus housing 101 and the touch panel 103 is easily made dirty, such as dust, says from design viewpoint, and this causes needs to remove the troublesome work of dirt and the problem of outward appearance visual quality difference.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, want to address this problem, promptly by peripheral part with the edges cover touch panel of the opening portion of apparatus housing, may break owing to pressing operation in this peripheral part transparency electrode, between the surface of the surface of apparatus housing and touch panel, form ladder, cause in step portion, gathering such as the external particle of dust and dirty, and the problem of single unit system visual quality difference.
According to one embodiment of present invention, provide a kind of display unit that touch panel is housed, comprise apparatus housing, have opening portion; Display floater has by the come-at-able display surface of opening portion; Touch panel is arranged on the display surface of display floater, and can select the function that shows on the display surface by the pressing operation of response on touch panel at least; And surface plate, be used to cover a touch panel side opposite with display floater, and close opening portion to form and the essentially identical surface of apparatus housing, and wherein be used to improve reinforced region to the resistivity of the pressing force that applies from the outside, be arranged in the preset range of surface plate.
The display unit that touch panel is housed according to the embodiment of the invention, by providing surface plate to cover the touch panel that is arranged on the display floater, and shutoff device shell opening part is to form the part of apparatus housing, a surface of apparatus housing is made smooth, the display floater that has touch panel by this surface can be approaching.As a result, can prevent from a surface of apparatus housing, to gather such as the external particle of dust and dirty, and improve the visual quality of whole device.And the reinforced region of the resistivity by the pressing force of improvement to applying from the outside is provided in surface plate can prevent that the concentrated stress local action from being reinforced on the touch panel that the zone covers, therefore can prevent the electrically conducting transparent film rupture of touch panel.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view of watching from digital camera (imaging device) front side, there is shown first embodiment that has the display unit of touch panel according to of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of watching from digital camera (imaging device) rear side, there is shown first embodiment that has the display unit of touch panel according to of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the touch panel that separates above digital camera, the exploded view of surface plate etc.;
Fig. 4 is the profile of digital camera shown in Figure 1, there is shown touch panel, the state of surface plate etc.;
Fig. 5 is used to illustrate the profile that illustrates according to the digital camera (imaging device) of second embodiment of the display unit with touch panel of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is used to illustrate the profile that illustrates according to the digital camera (imaging device) of the 3rd embodiment of the display unit with touch panel of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the profile that illustrates according to the display unit with touch panel of prior art.
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Utilize simple structure, realization has the display unit of touch panel, it can form the plane by the opening portion with apparatus housing do not have ladder, touch panel is layered in by on the come-at-able display floater of this opening portion, improve the visual quality of whole device, and can prevent that the nesa coating of touch panel from breaking.
Fig. 1 to 6 is used to the embodiments of the invention of explaining.Particularly, Fig. 1 is the perspective view of watching from digital camera (imaging device) front side, there is shown first embodiment that has the display unit of touch panel according to of the present invention, Fig. 2 is the perspective view of watching from digital camera shown in Figure 1 (imaging device) rear side, Fig. 3 is the touch panel that separates above digital camera shown in Figure 1, the exploded view of surface plate etc., Fig. 4 is the profile of digital camera shown in Figure 1, there is shown touch panel, the state of surface plate etc., Fig. 5 is the profile that is used to illustrate according to second embodiment of the display unit with touch panel of the present invention, and Fig. 6 is the profile that is used to illustrate according to the 3rd embodiment of the display unit with touch panel of the present invention.
Fig. 1 and 2 shows digital camera 1, and first embodiment that it is used as imaging device illustrates the concrete example that has the display unit of touch panel according to of the present invention.Data camera 1 is set to use semiconductor recording medium as information recording carrier, and can utilize image device, to be converted into the signal of telecommunication from the optical imagery of object such as CCD (solid state image pickup device), it is recorded on the semiconductor recording medium, or be presented on the display floater, such as LCD.
Digital camera is built as and comprises camera box 2, a concrete example of its indication device casing; Barrel 3 is used to obtain the image of object, as light, and with this photoconduction to imaging device such as CCD or CMOS as image device; Liquid crystal panel 4, its expression is according to a concrete example of the display floater of the vision signal display image of exporting from imaging device; Touch panel 5 is arranged on the display surface of liquid crystal panel 4 and can responds pressing operation on touch panel, the function that shows on the display surface of selection liquid crystal panel 4; Surface plate 6 is used to cover touch panel 5 and liquid crystal panel 4 opposite surfaces; Control device is used for the operation of controls lens tube 3, demonstration of liquid crystal panel 4 or the like; The battery supply that does not illustrate, or the like.
Camera box 2 comprises front cabinet 7 and back box 8, and front cabinet 7 and back box 8 and overlap each other on fore-and-aft direction by the formation of rising as high as the banks of elongation; Middleboxes 9 is that the frame of rectangle forms by basic between front cabinet 7 and back box 8, or the like.In camera box 2 inside, held and be used for driving and controls lens tube 3, the control device of liquid crystal panel 4 or the like.Control device for example comprises the wiring board that forms predetermining circuit on it by the printing generation type, or its analog, is installed in the electronic component in the precalculated position of wiring board, such as microprocessor, resistor or electric capacity, or the like.
Rosette 10 is attached on the front surface of front cabinet 7, and depart from slightly from the center of front cabinet 7 its position, and barrel 3 installs by the centre bore of rosette 10, and it can move along fore-and-aft direction.Barrel 3 is said retractable lens, and it has structure elongated with nested mode and that shrink, and when not taking, is withdrawn into the inside of camera box 2.Be set to when barrel 3 withdrawals, the front surface of the barrel 3 in field lens 3A side front surface basic and front cabinet 7 forms same plane.
Front cabinet 7 disposes the light emission parts 12 of flashing light unit, and at the light outgoing/receiving unit 13 of the autofocus mechanism of the oblique upper of barrel 3.And, at the upper surface of middleboxes 9, have power knob 15, shutter release button 16, such as the sound collection hole 17 of the voice collection device of microphone, or the like.And the side in middleboxes 9 has the battery storage part, is used for removably storage battery as power supply, and battery storage partly has the battery cover 18 that attaches separably thereon.And, middleboxes 9 with battery cover 18 opposite sides on, have the speaker hole 19 that is used for loudspeaker unit.
On a side of the back box 8 of broad ways, dispose mode selection switch 21, be used for selection function pattern (for example still image pattern, film mode or replay mode).And shown in Fig. 3 and 4, opening portion 23 is arranged at back box 8, with the whole zone of the back of basic open camera box 2.In inside by opening portion 23 come-at-able camera box 2, dispose liquid crystal panel assembly 31 with liquid crystal panel 4, be arranged on the backlight assembly 41 of liquid crystal panel assembly 31 back, be used for the support member 51 of dorsal support optical assembly 41 and liquid crystal panel assembly 31, and be set to be layered in the touch panel 5 on the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4.And, on the opposition side of touch panel 5 and liquid crystal panel 4, be provided with surface plate 6, be used to cover touch panel 5 and while sealed open part 23.
Liquid crystal panel assembly 31 comprises liquid crystal panel 4, is used to keep the panel frame 32 of liquid crystal panel 4, or the like.Liquid crystal panel 4 is elongated rectangular planar shape, and comprises from opening portion 23 sides of back box 8 stacked in order upper deflection board 33, upper glass plates 34, liquid crystal layer 35, lower glass plate 36 and lower polarizing plate 37.The upper deflection board 33 of liquid crystal panel 4 and lower polarizing plate 37 are used to make the direction of vibration of the light that passes through to be oriented to a direction, with the control luminous intensity.Upper deflection board 33 and lower polarizing plate 37 are configured to less than upper glass plates 34 and lower glass plate 36, and pass through the opening 38a of panel frame 32 hereinafter described, and 39a is provided with respectively.And the surface of upper deflection board 33 forms the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4.
Panel frame 32 forms the housing 38 of separating member by separation and constitutes than housing 38 slightly little inside casings 39.Specifically, housing 38 and inside casing 39 form has size corresponding upper and lower polarization plates 33 respectively, 37 rectangular aperture part 38a, the rectangle frame of 39a, and panel frame 32 combines with the outer ledge 39 of inside casing 39 by the inside edge with housing 38 and forms as one.
Two inside edges of the shorter side of housing 38 all have unshowned engagement projections, and two outer ledges of the shorter side of inside casing 39 dispose mesh groove, combine with the engagement projections with corresponding housing 38.When the outer ledge of the inside edge of housing 38 and inside casing 39 covered each other, engagement projections and mesh groove were configured to be bonded to each other respectively, thus housing 38 and inside casing 39 secure fixation and be configured to one each other.
As shown in Figure 3, the side in the longer side of housing 38 has the otch 38b under shed.And, in a side relative inside casing 39, have the otch 39b of the upward opening corresponding with the otch 38b of housing 38 with this side housing 38.Otch 38b, 39b forms through hole on the side by housing 38 and the inside casing 39 whole panel frames of forming 32.And the through hole of panel frame 32 is configured with the flexible circuit board 25a that is connected to liquid crystal panel 4 by this through hole.
Though in the present embodiment, employing is providing engagement projections and the structure of mesh groove is being provided on the outer ledge of inside casing 39 on the inside edge of housing 38, clearly also can adopt on the inside edge of housing 38 mesh groove is provided, the inverse structure of engagement projections is provided on the outer ledge of inside casing 39.And panel frame 32 can also be by use fixed form, fixes and makes up housing 38 and inside casing 39 is an one such as a plurality of hold-down screws or adhesive.
Backlight assembly 41 comprises main body 42 backlight, is used to keep the light frame 43 of main body 42 backlight, or the like.Main body 42 backlight is the light sources that are used for liquid crystal panel 4 is provided light, and has the measure-alike flat shape of basic and liquid crystal panel 4.For main body 42 backlight, for example can enumerate the said light-emitting diode (LED) that utilizes White LED as light source, said electroluminescence (EL) backlight device that utilizes the EL photophore as light source, or the like.
The same with panel frame 32, light frame 43 forms the housing 45 of separating member by separation and constitutes than housing 45 slightly little inside casings 46, and its size and panel frame 32 are basic identical.The housing 45 of light frame 43 forms the rectangle frame with the opening portion 45a that exposes main body 42 backlight, and inside casing 46 forms the casing with last side opening.And, by with the inside edge of housing 45 and the side combination of inside casing 46, light frame 43 is configured to one.
The same with the housing 38 of panel frame 32, on two inside edges of the shorter side of housing 45, be respectively arranged with unshowned engagement projections.And, on two outer ledges of the shorter side of inside casing 46, be respectively arranged with unshowned mesh groove, combine with engagement projections with housing 45, the same with regard to the inside casing 39 of image panel frame 32.Engagement projections and mesh groove are set to when the outer ledge of the inside edge of housing 45 and inside casing 46 overlaps each other, combination separately from each other, thus housing 45 and inside casing 46 are by secure fixation and be configured to one.
And, on a side of the shorter side of housing 45, have otch 45b under shed.And, though not shown, on a side of a side of the corresponding housing 45 of inside casing 46, have the otch of upward opening, with the otch 45b of corresponding housing 45.Be set to utilize the otch of inside casing 46 and the otch 45b of housing 45 to form through hole in the side of light frame 43.The through hole of light frame 43 is configured with the flexible circuit board 25b that is connected to main body 42 backlight by this through hole.
Liquid crystal panel assembly 31 and backlight assembly 41 support that by support member 51 wherein backlight assembly 41 is layered on the rear side of liquid crystal panel assembly 31.Support member 51 comprises substantially and is the substrate 52 of rectangle, and liquid crystal panel assembly 31 and the backlight assembly 41 that is laminated to each other is installed on substrate 52; A plurality of maintenance nodal plates (holdingsegment) 53 are basically perpendicular to that substrate 52 extends and continue to extend in three sides of substrate 52; Support part 54, be configured in the maintenance side of substrate 52 continuously, and be used to support the expansion 5a of touch panel 5 described later; Or the like.
The substrate 52 of support member 51 is set to have the size that adapts with liquid crystal panel assembly 31 and backlight assembly 41.And by utilizing fixed form, such as hold-down screw, on the unshowned standing part of substrate 52 attached to central cassette 9, support member 51 is fixed on the inboard of camera box 2.
In the present embodiment, with 5 a plurality of maintenance nodal plates 53 that keep nodal plates as support member 51, and in the centre of two longer sides of substrate 52, all wherein two are set, one of them are set in the centre of a shorter side with suitable distance.These 5 keep nodal plate 53 by the side that clamps liquid crystal panel assembly 31 and backlight assembly 41 it to be played the maintenance effect, and are set to have the length identical with the stack height of two assemblies 31,41.
The support part 54 of support member 51 comprises up nodal plate 56, and it extends substantially vertically and from extending continuously with the relative short side with short side that keeps nodal plate 53; And expansion nodal plate 57, it is along the direction expansion parallel with substrate 52 and expand to up nodal plate 56 continuously, is used to install the expansion 5a of touch panel 5.Though not shown, support the up nodal plate 56 of part 54 to have a through hole, allow the flexible circuit board 28b that is connected to main body 42 backlight to insert from it.Support that the expansion nodal plate 57 of part 54 is a rectangular shape substantially, the expansion nodal plate 5a of its size and touch panel 5 adapts, and its upper surface is set to have the upper surface with the liquid crystal panel assembly of being supported by support member 51 31, the just identical height of display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4.
Touch panel 5 has elongated rectangular planar shape, and be built as and comprise film structural component 61, the following film structural component 62 relative with last film structural component 61, be separately positioned on film structural component 61, last nesa coating 63 and following nesa coating 64 on 62 the surfaces opposite to each other, between film structural component 61, pad member 65 between 62, be used to prevent when not pushing (touch) operation, go up the some liner 66 of the short circuit between nesa coating 63 and the following nesa coating 64, be arranged on film structural component 61 with following film structural component 62 opposite sides on polarization plates 67, or the like, as shown in Figure 4.
As the material of last film structural component 61 and following film structural component 62, can enumerate PETG (PET), but be not limited thereto.Clearly, multiple material such as the Merlon (PC) that is used for this film structural component, polyether sulfone (PES), or polyarylate (PAR) also can use.And last nesa coating 63 and following nesa coating 64 are can leaded light and the member of conduction, use tin indium oxide (ITO) in the present embodiment, and it typically is used for this touch panel.
The upper and lower surface of pad member 65 utilizes bonding mode, sticks on film structural component 61 and the following film structural component 62 such as adhesive and adhesive tape, forms minimum gap thus between upper and lower film structural component 61,62.For the material of pad member 65, preferably use insulating elastomer, such as rubber.Yet clearly multiple material such as flexiplast or other material that is used for this kind pad member can use.
In the presumptive area more inside, push (touch) operation, cause brute force to be applied on the last film structural component 61 around the medial angle part of pad member 65 than the pad member 65 of touch panel.And the frangible in essence last nesa coating 63 that is arranged on the film structural component 61 may break.In other words, touch panel 5 comprises the conducting film generation area A that breaks, wherein since on the pressing operation nesa coating 63 may break, as shown in Figure 4.This conducting film generation area A that breaks is covered by the reinforced region C of aftermentioned surface plate 6.
As shown in Figure 3, touch panel 5 is set to have the longer side longer than liquid crystal panel assembly 31, so one of its shorter side is outstanding from the outer ledge of liquid crystal panel assembly 31, to form expansion 5a.And the expansion 5a of touch panel 5 has a plurality of importations.A plurality of importations are to use the switching mechanism of touch panel function, and are set to the response of the pressing operation on switching mechanism is carried out the multiple input of logarithmic code camera 1.
As a plurality of importations of expansion 5a, the zoom importation 68a that is used to carry out zoom operation is provided, be used to select the menu importation 68b of multiple menu, and the display switch importation 68c that is used for the switch screen display.These importations 68a to 68c is in the face of the importation operating area D of aftermentioned surface plate 6.And, as another example of a plurality of importations, enumerated the direction operation input section, be used for moving cursor or its analog with from the menu option; The screen operator importation is used to carry out screen size switching or screen deletion; Or the like.
As shown in Figure 4, touch panel 5 is by utilizing adhesive 69 and be adhered to the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4 and the expansion nodal plate 57 of support member 51 being fixed.Adhesive 69 at least by liquid state securely (liquid-tightly) be filled between the display surface 4a of touch panel 5 and liquid crystal panel 4, therefore prevent that air layer from getting involved between the display surface 4a of touch panel 5 and liquid crystal panel 4, strengthen the optical interface reflection to stop.
Shown in Fig. 3 and other figure, surface plate 6 has elongated rectangular planar shape, and the opening portion 23 of its size and back box 8 adapts, and while sealed open part 23, to form and back box 8 essentially identical planes.Surface plate 6 is made by lucite, can make it be deformed into the length that can carry out pressing operation on touch panel 5.For surface plate 6, preferred thickness is approximately the acrylic resin of 0.2mm to 0.5mm.Also can use other to have and make resin can be deformed into the synthetic resin that on touch panel 5, to carry out the thickness of pressing operation, such as Merlon.
Surface plate 6 has display surface operating area B, and it is via the display surface 4a of touch panel 5 in the face of liquid crystal panel 4; Reinforced region C, it is substantially disposed in the whole zone from the external margin of surface plate 6 to the scope of display surface operating area B, and the conducting film that is used to the to cover touch panel 5 generation area A that breaks; And importation operating area D, it faces among the importation 68a to 68c of touch panel 5 each.
The display surface operating area B of surface plate 6 is lucite zones, and it is without any changing ground as surface plate, can watch the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4 and it can be deformed into the length that can carry out pressing operation on touch panel 5 by it.Display surface operating area B can be made big slightly, for example less times greater than the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4, from the outside about 0.3mm of the periphery of display surface 4a.The meaning of said 0.3mm is as follows herein.
This is the size setting of display surface 4a of zone of opacity (reinforced region C) covering liquid crystal panel 4 that prevents to extend to the display surface operating area B outside of surface plate 6.By this deviation value, the dimensional tolerance of the display surface operating area B in the surface plate 6, the dimensional tolerance of the display surface 4a in the liquid crystal panel 4, the bonding tolerance between surface plate 6 and the liquid crystal panel 4 can be shared, thereby prevents that reinforced region C from covering display surface 4a.And the display surface outside at liquid crystal panel 4 provides so-called black mask to form the zone that only shows black.Therefore, though the position of the perimeter of display surface 4a adjacent to display surface operating area B because the bonding change that above-mentioned bonding tolerance causes, it is the transparent region of surface plate 6, this zone looks it is ater.Therefore, be set to from not seeing the inboard of camera box 2 with the frame adjacent area of display surface operating area B.
Reinforced region C forms by making expression stamp (serigraph) 71, its be illustrated in surface plate 6 with touch panel 5 facing surfaces on the concrete example that applies.Therefore, reinforced region C becomes opaque layer, and it blocks visible light to the beholder, and is set to can not see by reinforced region C the inboard of camera box 2.Therefore, reinforced region C covers the conducting film generation area A that breaks, and makes the sharpness of border with display surface operating area B simultaneously.
For the material of stamp 71, use the coating material that strengthens rigidity.This is used to make the rigidity of reinforced region C regional higher than other, therefore improves reinforced region C to the resistance from outside applied pressure.In other words, reinforced region C is set to not be deformed into the length that makes execution pressing operation on the touch panel under the reinforced region C 5.Therefore, even pressure is applied to reinforced region C, can guarantee to prevent that the last nesa coating 63 that conducting film breaks among the generation area A from breaking.It should be noted that for the coating material that strengthens rigidity, can enumerate resin-coating material (cold coating that for example contains metal), but be not limited thereto with high rigidity, aluminium, silver or its analog also can use.And, the color of coating material can be provided with identical with camera box 2, with show just as reinforced region C be the part of camera box 2.
Though reinforced region C forms by apply the coating material that strengthens rigidity on surface plate 6 in the present embodiment, the formation of reinforced region C is not limited thereto.For example, can have the material of high rigidity by stickup, such as sheet metal, rigid plastics or its analog be to surface plate 6, or carry out spraying plating and handle and form reinforced region C on surface plate 6.
Importation operating area D comprises zoom input operation region D 1, faces the zoom importation 68a of the expansion 5a that is arranged at touch panel 5; Menu importation operating area D2 is in the face of menu importation 68b; And display switch importation operating area D3, in the face of display switch importation 68c.Each importation operating area D1 to D3 as display surface operating area B, is formed by the lucite without any change, and can be deformed into the length that can carry out pressing operation on each importation 68a to 68c of touch panel 5.
The importation operating area D1 to D3 of surface plate 6, and each the importation 68a to 68c that is arranged at the expansion 5a of touch panel 5 form multiple console switch, such as menu operation switch or demonstration selector switch.These console switchs are set substitute mechanical sense of touch (tact) switch that the typical case uses, thereby compare, reduce number of elements with the situation of using tact switch.And, the face that the camera box 2 of liquid crystal panel 4 is set can be made whole and be single plane, thereby can improve the outward appearance of whole digital camera 1.
And, be preferably and make the user recognize that multiple console switch is formed by each importation operating area D1 to D3 and each importation 68a to 68c, on the surface of importation operating area D1 to D3, discern by the mark of printing or coating and reinforced region C different colours in the face of touch panel.For printing or coating in this case, can enumerate brand or stamp, just as the situation of reinforced region C.It should be noted that for the coating material that is coated to importation operating area D1 to D3, use to have the material of low rigidity so that importation operating area D1 to D3 can be deformed into the length that can carry out pressing operation on each importation 68a to 68c.
As shown in Figure 4, utilize adhesive 72, surface plate 6 be fixed to plate standing part 23a on the periphery of the opening portion 23 that is disposed at back box 8 and touch panel 5 with liquid crystal panel 4 opposite surfaces on.Adhesive 72 is filled between surface plate 6 and the touch panel 5 at least with liquid fastening means, gets involved between surface plate 6 and the touch panel 5 to prevent air layer, thereby prevents to strengthen the optical interface reflection.
According to digital camera 1, for example can followingly take with this structure.At first, by pushing power knob 15, start digital camera 1.Then, select the still image pattern by mode selection switch 21.Then, push the menu operation switch that comprises menu importation 68b and menu importation operating area D2.Therefore, the choice menus that is used to be provided with shutter speed, aperture, exposure or the like is presented at the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4.
Subsequently, go up the choice menus that shows, shutter speed is set, aperture, exposure or the like by the display surface 4a that pushes liquid crystal panel 4.Specifically,, on the touch panel 5 that is layered on the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4, carry out pressing operation, import the setting of shutter speed or the like thus by pushing the display surface operating area B in the face of the display surface 4a of display panels 4 of surface plate 6.
Like this,, can on touch panel 5, reliably carry out pressing operation, can import settings such as shutter speed thus because the display surface operating area B of surface plate 6 is set to be deformed into the length that can carry out pressing operation on touch panel 5.And, the reinforced region C of display floater 6, it has increased the resistance from outside applied pressure by stamp 71 is provided, and is not deformed into to make the length of carrying out area pressed on the touch panel under the reinforced region C 5.Therefore, can prevent from that concentrated stress from affacting to be reinforced conducting film that zone C the covers generation area A that breaks, thereby solve the problem that the last nesa coating 63 of the touch panel of being paid close attention to 5 may break.
After finishing shutter speed setting or the like, the subject image of obtaining by barrel 3 is presented on the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4.Afterwards, by pushing shutter release button, take still image.
Fig. 5 is used to illustrate the profile that illustrates according to second embodiment of the display unit with touch panel of the present invention.Second embodiment has and the integrally formed support member of back box, and the difference of itself and first embodiment only is support member 81.Therefore, only support member 81 is described here, and the part identical with first embodiment represent with same reference numerals, and omit repeat specification.
Just as the support member 51 of first embodiment, support member 81 has substrate 82, a plurality of maintenance nodal plates 83, and support part 84.And end relative with substrate 82 that each keeps nodal plate 83 and the end relative with substrate 82 of supporting part 84 all form the plate standing part 85a of back box 85 continuously.Like this, can cancel the operation that support member 81 is fixed to middle boxes 9, thereby reduce work hours.
Fig. 6 is the profile that is used to illustrate according to the 3rd embodiment of the display unit with touch panel of the present invention.The digital camera 90 of second embodiment utilizes the surface plate of the shape with outstanding periphery, have the structure of the opening portion of closing back box, and the difference of the 3rd embodiment and first embodiment is the shape of surface plate 91 and back box 92.Therefore, only surface plate 91 and back box 92 are described here, and the part identical with first embodiment represent with same reference numerals, and omit repeat specification.
As shown in Figure 6, surface plate 91 forms the grooved with outstanding periphery.Back box 92 to its fixed table panel 91 has plate standing part 92a on its side.And, utilize adhesive 72, surface plate 91 is fixed to the plate standing part 92a and the touch panel 5 of back box 92.By adopting the structure of this side fixed table panel 91 by back box 92, the junction point between back box 92 and the surface plate 91 be cannot see from the surface of the digital camera 90 that is provided with opening portion 23, so further improved the outward appearance visual quality.
Though above-mentioned first to the 3rd embodiment has with the structure of liquid crystal panel as the concrete example of display floater, display floater according to the present invention is not limited thereto, and also can use organic EL panel or its analog as display floater.It should be noted that if use organic EL panel the backlight assembly 41 that is arranged on liquid crystal panel 4 back can be removed.
And, though in above-mentioned first to the 3rd embodiment, form various console switchs by the importation 68a to 68c of touch panel 5 and the importation operating area D1 to D3 of surface plate 6, thereby in the zone except that the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4 various console switchs are set, various console switchs can be arranged on the stacked zone of the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4 on.Like this, importation 68a to 68c is set in the face of on the appropriate location in the touch panel 5 of the display surface 4a of liquid crystal panel 4, for example, on the position of the peripheral part of facing display surface 4a, and further the display surface operating area B to surface plate 6 prints or similar operations, the position of indication importation 68a to 68c.The size of liquid crystal panel 4 increases thus, and its display surface 4a is increased.
As mentioned above, imaging device according to the concrete example of the expression display unit that touch panel is housed of the present invention, a surface of apparatus housing can be formed the plane, display floater with touch panel can be approaching by this surface, improve the visual quality of entire equipment thus, and prevent owing to external particle such as the dust in the surface that accumulates in apparatus housing dirty.And by reinforced region is provided in surface plate, therefore the concentrated stress local action that can prevent to be caused by pressing operation can prevent the breaking of nesa coating of touch panel on touch panel.
And, because touch panel has from the outwards outstanding expansion of the periphery of display floater, and expansion has multiple importation, therefore be formed for by pushing the console switch that multiple input is carried out in (touch) operation, it is single plane that the surface of device can be made into whole surface, display floater can be approaching by this surface, can extremely optimize the visual quality of whole device thus.And, because have the support part of the expansion that is used to support touch panel, can prevent that touch panel is out of shape owing to its weight or the pressure that is applied to expansion, can be arranged on the switching mechanism operation on the expansion thus reliably.
The invention is not restricted to above and embodiment described in the accompanying drawing, within the scope of the invention, the mode that it can multiple change realizes.For example, though in an embodiment, use the example of digital camera to describe as the imaging device that the display unit of touch panel is housed, the present invention not only can be used for imaging device, such as Digital Video, or the personal computer of camera is housed, can also be used for magnetic disc storage/reproducing unit, mobile phone, electronic dictionary, portable game machine, mobile terminal apparatus or other are equipped with the display unit of touch panel.
One skilled in the art should appreciate that: can make up according to designing the various corrections that needs and other factors carry out, sub-portfolio and change will fall in the scope of appended claims and equivalent thereof.

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1. display unit that touch panel is housed comprises:
Apparatus housing with opening portion;
Has display floater by the come-at-able display surface of opening portion;
Be arranged on the display surface of display floater and can select the touch panel of the function that shows on the display surface at least at the pressing operation on the touch panel by response; And
Be used to cover the touch panel on the side opposite and close opening portion with the surface plate of formation with the essentially identical surface of apparatus housing with display floater,
Wherein be used to improve along the periphery of described opening portion continuously, and be set in the certain limit that forms with preset width from the external margin of described opening portion the reinforced region of the resistivity of the pressing force that applies from the outside.
2. the display unit that touch panel is housed according to claim 1, wherein reinforced region and surface plate are whole forms.
3. the display unit that touch panel is housed according to claim 1, thus wherein reinforced region is formed to be used to cover to hide and makes the inboard sightless opaque layer of apparatus housing.
4. the display unit that touch panel is housed according to claim 1, wherein reinforced region is by forming with the coating material coating surface plate that increases rigidity.
5. the display unit that touch panel is housed according to claim 1, wherein reinforced region forms by paste the material that increases rigidity on surface plate.
6. the display unit that touch panel is housed according to claim 1,
Wherein touch panel has from the side-prominent expansion of the external margin of display floater, and expansion has the importation that is used for pressing operation, and
Be used to support that the support sector of expansion divides the inboard that is arranged on apparatus housing.
7. the display unit that touch panel is housed according to claim 6,
Wherein form and support part by a folding part that is used to support the support member of display floater.
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